World Young Horse Finalist Baccardi Sold

Sun, 09/02/2018 - 07:22
Westfalian
Oliver Oelrich and Baccardi at the 2018 CDN Munster Indoor :: Photo © LL-foto

The 7-year old Westfalian stallion Baccardi has been sold. The German based Russian Maria Klementieva is the buyer. 

Bred by Agnes Beckhoff and previously owned by Wilhelm Rüscher-Konermann, the bay Baccardi is by Belissimo M out of Dark Secret (by De Niro x Rubinstein). 

He was approved for breeding at the 2013 Westfalian Stallion Licensing and did his 30-day stallion performance test in Munster-Handorf in the autumn of 2014, achieving a total of 8.45 with 9.05 for dressage and 7.58 for show jumping.

He made his show debut under Kira Wegman as a 3-year old and won the 2014 Westfalian Young Horse Championships. In September 2014 the owner's daughter Claudia Rüscher presenting him at the Bundeschampionate and they won the title in the 3-year old stallion class. 

Rüscher and Baccardi represented Germany at the 2016 World Young Horse Championships in Ermelo, where they finished 11th. They were also 11th at the 2016 Bundeschampionate. The pair returned to the 2017 World Young Horse Championships and they were ninth in the 6-year old finals after winning the consolation finals. At the 2017 Bundeschampionate the horse was 5th. 

Oliver Oelrich took over the ride in 2018 and he presented the stallion once, at the CDN Munster Indoor in January. 

Baccardi has now been sold. Ruscher-Konermann did not want to reveal the identity of the new buyer, but it is Klemetieva who bought him.

Photo © LL-foto

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